I never did anything worth doing by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident; they came by work.

The beginning is the most important part of the work.

I am an ordinary man who worked hard to develop the talent I was given. I believed in myself, and I believe in the goodness of others.

I would rather make mistakes in kindness and compassion than work miracles in unkindness and hardness.

The miracle is not that we do this work, but that we are happy to do it.

Let us touch the dying, the poor, the lonely and the unwanted according to the graces we have received and let us not be ashamed or slow to do the humble work.

All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence.

I do not know anyone who has got to the top without hard work. That is the recipe. It will not always get you to the top, but should get you pretty near.

One and one is two, and two and two is four, and five will get you ten if you know how to work it.

I have offended god and mankind because my work didn't reach the quality it should have.

Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before.

In proportion therefore, as the repulsiveness of the work increases, the wage decreases.

The more the division of labor and the application of machinery extend, the more does competition extend among the workers, the more do their wages shrink together.

Nothing is so discouraging to an actor than to have to work for long hours upon hours in brightly lighted interior sets.

We believe that if men have the talent to invent new machines that put men out of work, they have the talent to put those men back to work.

My share of the work may be limited, but the fact that it is work makes it precious.

In exchange for freedom of inquiry, scientists are obliged to explain their work.